Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading. – Umair Haque theorizes that the relatively benign outcome of the U.S.’ recent election reflects a public that’s finally rejecting Trumpism. But Krystal…
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Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lara Herrero discusses how infection with COVID-19 can leave people more vulnerable to all kinds of other diseases. And the Canadian Press reports…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Erik Swain discusses new research showing that even “mild” cases of COVID-19 produce massively increased risks of death from cardiovascular issues. And Charlie…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Axe reports on the spread of a new COVID-19 subvariant which pairs increased transmissibility with resistance to antibody therapies. And Andrew Gregory…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Yong offers an important look at what long COVID’s “brain fog” means for the people suffering from it, while Peter Thurley…
On jurisdictional issues
Shorter Jason Kenney: For all my Ottawa-bashing bluster, even I have to admit it’s asinine to pretend provincial laws can nullify the existence of federal powers. Shorter Scott Moe: The…
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CBS reports on the Walk to Remember intended to highlight the continued need for long COVID supports. And Elizabeth Thompson reports on the…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Sasha Warren reports on new research showing that people suffering from long COVID may not be fully clearing the coronavirus from their systems…
Best Tool to Fight Crime is Welfare
The best way to fight crime is to take away motivation to commit crime. It’s been proven time and time again that severe punishments don’t deter crime, so how can…
Bad Driver or Hate Crime? RCMP says “impatient”
" was shouting stuff out. He was being racist, using some racial slurs," said Garrett Dan. "We have a whole bunch of witnesses to what happened to my brothers." Please…
Plague Update: BoJo Caught Lying To Parliament, Again
https://t.co/s05SEJNIvH — Saskboy from Saskatchewan (@saskboy) May 23, 2022 This is not Boris Johnson’s first rodeo. His party excused him before, will they again protect him and MET police too?…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Sheryl Gay Stoberg discusses how concerns about pharmaceutical profiteering and a lack of access in the developing world are developing for COVID-19 treatments…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Sam Gindin discusses the need to push back against the narrative that inflation caused by supply chain disruptions and corporate greed will…
On negative reinforcement
While there have been some aspects of the Saskatchewan NDP’s post-election review (PDF) which involved conflicting currents within the party, one of the few possibilities which seems to have been…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Umair Haque discusses how the corporate-driven surrender to COVID – like so many of the choices which value profit over well-being – reflects…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Caroline Chen discusses the reasons why we’re still waiting for COVID vaccines for children under 5 – leaving the people least able to…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Kent Sepkowitz examines the many and severe symptoms of COVID-19 which are emerging long after initial infections have been treated as “mild”. –…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andre Picard discusses the reality that long COVID will result in lasting aftereffects even if we eventually manage to get the spread…
Vancouver Police release highly militaristic copaganda recruiting ad
The Vancouver Police Department released a series of recruitment ads on March 1st. The VPD’s ad elevated one of the worst parts of policing – the high militarization of the…